Gun-cleaning rod.



T. W. COOK.

GUN CLEANING BOD.

APPLICATION rum) 212.14, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

a M M M M M 1 M w ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE W. COOK, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT B. PAINTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GUN-CLEANING ROD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application filed February 14, 1913. Serial No. 748,353.

To all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, Tnuoooun \V. Qooit, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (fun-Cleaning Rods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a gun cleaning rod, that is to say, to a device adapted for use in connection with a cleaning rag for removing the detritus from the interior of gun barrels.

The principal object of my invention 18 to provide a simple, durable and etlicient device adapted to hold and maintain a rag which is reciprocated within the gun barrel to clean the same and which is so constructed and arranged as to securely hold the ra" which is merel wrapped about the rod an to maintain t 10 rag free from folds and creases during the reciprocatory movements in the cleaning 0 oration.

The nature an characteristic features of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof in WlllCll-- Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the device of my invention with the cleaning rag mounted thereon and in operative relationship to the gun barrel; Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the end of a gun cleaning rod embodying the main features of my present invention, the same being shown detached and with the rag removed; Fi s. 3 and 4 are transverse sections of the ro taken respectively on the lines 3-3 and 44 of Fig. 2; and Fi s. 5 and G are views similar res ectively to igs. 8 and 4, but of a modifie form of my mvention.

Referring to the drawings, in the particular embodiment of my invention therein shown, 7 is a round rod of a diameter smaller than the bore of the gun to be cleaned. The rod 7 is rcferably made of steel, brass or other dura )le material preferably softer than the material of which the gun barrel is made, and the device constituting my present invention is preferably integrally formed on the rod near one end thereof. This device as shown comprises a central ortion 8 of an external diameter preferably smaller than that of the rod 7 and having outer inclined peripheral surfaces 9 and 10. From this central portion 8 on either side thereof are arranged two groups 11 and 12 respectively of ratchetike )rongs or teeth 13 and let, the prongs 13 of group 11 being all disposed in the one direction away from the central portion 8 and the prongs 14 of the other group 12 being all disposed in he opposite direction away from said central portion 8. The preferred manner of forming the prongs 13 and 14 on the rod 7 consists in machining the said round rod down to a square cross section, and notching the corner edges of the square section to form said prongs or teeth disposed in a direction pointing away from the central portion 8. The square section from which the teeth in one group is formed is )referably arranged with its faces at ang es of 45 to the faces of the square section from which the teeth in the other roup is formed. In the forms shown in igs. 2, 3 and 4 the notches in the corner edges of the square section are so formed as to have the resultant base surfaces 16 flat, inclined, and also at angles of 45 to the adjacent flat surfaces 15 of the square section from which the notches are cut, while in the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the same effect is obtained by turning the notches on the previously sqluared section so that the surfaces 16" resu ting from the formation of said notches are conical in shape as will be readily understood from a consideration of Figs. 5 and 0, reference bein also had to Fig. 2, the appearance of which is substantially similar to the modified form shown in Figs. 6 and (l. The faces 17 of the wrongs or teeth are preferably undercut as clearly shown in Fi 2 of the drawings.

In the use of the device the rag 20 which is an oblong piece of the ordinary cleaning cloth preferably made shorter than the longitudinaLextent of the pronged portion of the rod 7, is merelv wrapped around said pronged portion, an when the same is inserted within the un barrel 21 and moved in one direction the teeth of one grou of prongs will firmly hold that ortion o the rag which is in engagement t erewith, and the other portion of the rag will slide over the teeth of the other group of rongs so that the rag will thereby be stretched longitudinally, and when the reversal of the direction of movement of the rod in the cleanmg operation takcs place, the portion of the rag which was previously firmly held by its group of prongs will now be ermitted to slide slightly over said group, t e other portion of the rag being meanwhile held firmly by its group of prongs, so that the more the rod and its associated rag is reci. rocated within the un barrel the more e 'ciently the ra will longitudinally stretched and freed rom lumps and creases.

It will be seen that there is thus provided cleaning rod which has been found to be extremely efficient in operation, it being only necessary to wrap the rag around the pronged portion of the rod and it is then ready for use, the arrangement of the prongs being such that the retention of the ra in a smooth uniform condition is at all times assured.

Having thus described the nature and characteristic features of my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A gun cleanin device comprising a rod having a plura it of prongs around which a rag is adapte to be wrapped, said prongs being arranged in two groups, one on each side of an intermediate portion, and all of the prongs in each roup being inclined in a direction away rom said intermediate portion.

2.-A gun cleanin device comprising a rod having a plurality of pron s integrally formed therein, and a rag a apted to be wrapped about said prongs, said pron s being arranged in two groups, one on each side of an intermediate portion, and all of the prongs in each group being inclined in a direction away from said intermediate portion.

' at one portion, sai prongs being arranged in two groups, one on each side of an intermediate portion, and all of the prongs in each oup being inclined in a direction away rom said intermediate portion.

4. A gun cleamn device comprlsmg a round rod having a p urality of rigid prongs a simple, durable and inexpensive form of at one portion, said prongs being arranged in two groups, one on each s de of an intermediate portion, andall r): the prongs in each group being inelimd in a direction away from said intermediate portion, said prongs being formed by reducing the rod to a square cross-section and notchlng the corners of said section.

6. A gun cleanin device comprising a round rod having a p urality of rigid prongs at one portion, said pron s being arranged in two groups, one on eac side of an intermediate portion, and all of the prongs in each group being inclined in a direction away from said intermediate portion, said prongs being formed by reducing the rod to a square cross-section and notclnng the corners of said section, and the faces of the see tion from which one group of prongs is formed being at an an le of to the faces of the section from which the other group of prongs is formed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto I signed my name in thepresence of two witnesses.

THEODORE W. COOK. Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. A'romson, LILLIAN H. NEVEIL.

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